Silicon-doped graphene-based composite material, preparation method and application thereof

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are a silicon-doped graphene composite material and a preparation method and application thereof. The silicon-doped graphene composite material comprises silicon and graphene; the silicon is doped in the graphene. The silicon-doped graphene composite material of the present disclosure has excellent charge and discharge capacity and structural stability; the silicon-doped graphene composite material is based on the graphene structure, with silicon atoms replacing the carbon atoms in a two-dimensional network structure of the graphene. The silicon-doped graphene composite material of the present disclosure has a layered structure similar to graphite materials, but is superior to other graphene materials in charge and discharge capacity, which is due to the fact that lithium intercalation sites are constructed by the silicon doped sites.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a continuation application of PCT application No. PCT/CN2021/123391 filed on Oct. 13, 2021, which claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202011637262.0 filed on Dec. 31, 2020. The contents of all of the aforementioned applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of battery materials, in particular to a silicon-doped graphene-based composite material and a preparation method and application thereof.

BACKGROUND

Lithium-ion batteries have the advantages of high energy density, long cycle life, and low environmental pollution. They have become the focus of research in countries around the world and have been widely used in computers, mobile phones and other portable electronic devices. However, with the rapid development of electric vehicles and advanced electronic equipment, higher requirements have been placed on the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. The key to improving the energy density of lithium-ion batteries lies in the improvement of electrode materials and the improvement of performance. At present, the negative electrode materials of commercial lithium-ion batteries are mainly graphite materials, due to their low theoretical specific capacity (only 372 m Ah/g) and poor rate performance. Therefore, scientists are committed to researching new high-capacity anode materials. Silicon has attracted much attention due to its high theoretical specific capacity (4200 mAh/g). Its lithium extraction voltage platform is low (<0.5 V), and it reacts with the electrolyte. It has low activity, abundant reserves in the earth's crust, and low price. As a negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries, it has broad development prospects. However, the volume of silicon undergoes a huge change (>300%) during the process of deintercalating lithium, which causes the active material to rapidly pulverize and fall off during the charge-discharge cycle, resulting in the loss of electrical contact between the electrode active material and the current collector. At the same time, due to the huge volume expansion of the silicon material, the solid electrolyte interface membrane cannot exist stably in the electrolyte, resulting in reduced cycle life and capacity loss. In addition, the low electrical conductivity of silicon severely limits the full utilization of its capacity and the rate performance of silicon electrode materials. At present, the methods to solve these problems include: nanometerization, compositeization and other methods. Nanotechnology and silicon-carbon composite technology are the research focus of scientists, and significant progress has been made to improve the cycle performance and rate performance of silicon anode materials. At present, the recycling of waste lithium-ion batteries is mainly focused on recycling of materials for positive electrode. However, during the charging and discharging process of a battery, the structure of the negative electrode graphite has hardly changed, which is of great significance for recycling. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells are ideal power cells due to their advantages of low emission, high conversion efficiency and high energy density. Platinum-based catalysts are the best catalysts in oxygen reduction reaction of fuel cells. However, platinum is expensive and has few reserves. Therefore, it is necessary to develop low-platinum or non-platinum catalysts. Among them, carbon-based catalysts doped with non-noble metals have good catalytic activity and low preparation cost, so that they are one of the current research hotspots.

Silicon-based materials can be used as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries due to their high theoretical specific capacity. However, there are disadvantages such as huge volume effects during charging and discharging processes, low conductivity and unsatisfactory cycle life, which hinder their commercial application. But it cannot deny that the material has great application prospects. The research by scientists focuses on minimizing the first irreversible capacity, alleviating the volume expansion of the material, thereby improving the rate and cycle performance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the above-mentioned prior art. To this end, the present disclosure provides a silicon-doped graphene composite material and a preparation method and application thereof. The silicon-doped graphene composite material has excellent charge and discharge capacity and structural stability. The material is based on the graphene structure, where silicon atoms replace the carbon atoms in the two-dimensional network structure of the graphene.

In order to achieve the above objectives, the present disclosure provides a silicon-doped graphene composite material, comprising silicon and graphene; wherein the silicon is doped in the graphene, which specifically means that in each layer of the graphene, part of the carbon atoms are replaced by silicon atoms, and the silicon atoms are connected to the other carbon atoms in each layer of the graphene by silicon-carbon bonds.

In some embodiments, the molar ratio of the silicon to the carbon in the silicon-doped graphene composite material is 1: (10-120).

In some other embodiments, the molar ratio of the silicon to the carbon in the silicon-doped graphene composite material is 1: (20-100).

A method for preparing a silicon-doped graphene composite material comprising the following steps:

-   -   (1) Microwave heating graphene in an ammonia atmosphere to         obtain a nitrogen-doped graphene;     -   (2) Adding the nitrogen-doped graphene, silicon nanoparticles,         and an organic acid to a solvent to perform a solvothermal         reaction, and washing a resulting product to obtain the         silicon-doped graphene composite material.

In some embodiments, in step (1), the microwave heating is carried out at a temperature of 100° C.-120° C. for 20-40 min.

In some embodiments, in step (2), the organic acid is citric acid monohydrate.

In some embodiments, in step (2), the mass ratio of the nitrogen-doped graphene, the silicon nano particles and the organic acid is 1:(0.01-0.1):(1-3).

In some embodiments, in step (2), the solvent is anhydrous ethanol.

In some embodiments, in step (2), the solvothermal reaction is carried out at a temperature of 150° C.-160° C. for 6-10 h.

In some embodiments, in step (2), the washing is performed with a solvent of anhydrous ethanol, and the washings is carried out 3-5 times.

In some embodiments, the graphene is prepared by the following method:

-   -   1) Discharging and disassembling a waste lithium battery to         obtain a negative electrode, subjecting the negative electrode         sheet to heating, and then placing it in water to perform an         ultrasonic treatment to obtain a graphite negative electrode         material and a current collector;     -   2) Immersing the graphite negative electrode material with an         acid solution, filtering to obtain a filter residue, subjecting         the filter residue to washing, drying, and calcinating to obtain         the repaired graphite material;     -   3) Mixing the repaired graphite material, potassium permanganate         and an acid solution to obtain a mixture, and heating the         mixture to perform a reaction to obtain a suspension;     -   4) Adding hydrogen peroxide to the suspension to perform a         hydrothermal reaction, centrifuging a resulting product to         obtain a filter residue, subjecting the filter residue to         washing, drying and heating to obtain the graphene.

In some other embodiments, in step 1), the heating temperature is 100° C.-150° C.

In some other embodiments, in step 1), the ultrasonic treatment is carried out for 30-60 min.

In some other embodiments, in step 2), the acid solution is at least one selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acid.

In some other embodiments, in step 2), the concentration of the acid solution is 0.1-0.3 mol/L.

In some other embodiments, in step 2), the immersing is carried out for 12-24 h.

In some other embodiments, in step 2), the washing is carried out 3-5 times.

In some other embodiments, in step 2), the calcinating is carried out at a temperature of 700° C.-800° C. for 3-5 h in an atmosphere of an inert gas.

In some other embodiments, the inert gas is one selected form the group consisting of nitrogen, helium, neon, and argon.

In some other embodiments, in step 2), the calcinating is carried out with a heating rate of 2-6° C./min.

In some other embodiments, in step 3), the acid solution is prepared by mixing sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid in a volume ratio of 1:(1-3).

In some other embodiments, in step 3), the mass-volume ratio of the repaired graphite material, the potassium permanganate and the acid solution are 1:(0.3-0.5):(40-60).

In some other embodiments, in step 3), the heating reaction is carried out at a temperature of 80° C.-90° C. for 1-2 h.

In some other embodiments, in step 4), the volume ratio of the suspension to the hydrogen peroxide is 1:(1-3).

In some other embodiments, in step 4), the hydrothermal reaction is carried out at a temperature of 120° C.-130° C. for 6-8 h.

In some other embodiments, in step 4), the washing comprises the following steps: washing the filter residue with 0.1-0.2 mol/L hydrochloric acid 3-5 times, and then washing with ultrapure water 3-6 times.

In some other embodiments, in step 4), the drying is carried out at a temperature of 60° C.-80° C.

In some other embodiments, in step 4), the heating is carried out at a temperature of 100° C.-120° C. for 1-3 h in an inert gas atmosphere.

In some other embodiments, the inert gas is one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, helium, neon, and argon.

A negative electrode material comprising the above-mentioned silicon-doped graphene composite material is provided.

A battery comprising the above-mentioned silicon-doped graphene composite material is provided.

In some other embodiments, the battery is a lithium ion battery.

Advantages of the Present Disclosure

-   -   1. The silicon-doped graphene composite material prepared by the         present disclosure has excellent charge and discharge capacity         and structural stability; the silicon-doped graphene composite         material is based on the graphene structure, and silicon atoms         replace the carbon atoms in the two-dimensional network         structure of the graphene. The silicon-doped graphene composite         material of the present disclosure has a layered structure         similar to that of graphite materials, but is superior to other         graphene materials in charge and discharge capacity, which is         due to the fact that more lithium intercalation sites are         constructed by introducing the silicon doped sites.     -   2. The preparation method of the present disclosure involves a         primary process of doping with nitrogen and then doping with         silicon. The N—C bond obtained has a relatively higher activity         and can be easily replaced by silicon to obtain a C—Si bond.     -   3. The present disclosure pioneerly introduces a silicon-doped         treatment to graphene, as well as the process of doping silicon         by introducing silicon through a nitrogen doping process, and         obtain a new type of silicon-doped graphene composite material.         The graphene is prepared from a waste graphite anode material,         which can lower the costs, recycle waste graphite, reduce         environmental pollution. And the graphene prepared by the         hydrothermal reaction has higher density and higher capacity,         contributing to further reduce the expansion rate of the silicon         nanomaterials, promote the transfer rate lithium ions and the         gram capacity of the anode material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become obvious and easy to understand from the description of the embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a TEM image of the silicon-doped graphene composite material of Example 1 of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an XRD pattern of the silicon-doped graphene composite material of Example 1 of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make technical solutions of the present disclosure more clearly understood by those skilled in the art, the following examples are listed for explanation. It should be pointed out that the following examples are not intended to limit the protection scope claimed by the present disclosure.

Example 1

The method for preparing the silicon-doped graphene composite material of this embodiment comprises the following specific steps:

-   -   (1) Discharging and disassembling a waste lithium battery to         obtain a negative electrode sheet, heating the negative         electrode sheet to 100° C. in vacuum, and placing it in water to         perform an ultrasonic treatment for 30 min and separating a         resulting product to obtain a graphite negative electrode         material and a current collector. The current collector is         directly recycled;     -   (2) Immersing the graphite negative electrode material with 0.1         mol/L hydrochloric acid for 12 h, filtering to obtain a filter         residue and washing it with pure water 3 times, draining the         water, placing the filter residue in a tube furnace and         introducing nitrogen to perform a reaction at a temperature of         700° C. with a heating rate of 2° C./min, holding the         temperature for 3 h to obtain a repaired graphite material;     -   (3) Preparing a solution A with sulfuric acid and phosphoric         acid in a ratio of 1:1, mixing the repaired graphite material,         potassium permanganate and the solution A in a mass-volume ratio         of 1:0.3:40, and heating to 80° C. to perform a reaction for 2 h         to obtain a suspension     -   (4) Adding H₂O₂ (suspension: H₂O₂ in a volume ratio=1:1) to the         suspension, performing a hydrothermal reaction at 120° C. for 6         h, then centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, washing the         precipitate with 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid 3 times, then         washing with ultrapure water 3 times, drying at 60° C. before         heating to 100° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere and holding the         temperature for 1 h to obtain a graphene;     -   (5) Microwave heating the graphene to 100° C. in an ammonia         atmosphere for 20 min to obtain a nitrogen-doped graphene;     -   (6) Mixing the nitrogen-doped graphene, silicon nanoparticles,         citric acid monohydrate and anhydrous ethanol in a mass to         volume ratio of 1:0.01:1:20, stirring for 20 minutes to obtain a         mixture, and transferring the mixture to a hydrothermal reactor         to perform a solvothermal reaction at 150° C. for 6 hours,         washing a resulting product 3 times with anhydrous ethanol to         obtain the silicon-doped graphene composite material.

Example 2

The method for preparing the silicon-doped graphene composite material of this embodiment comprises the following specific steps:

-   -   (1) Discharging and disassembling a waste lithium battery to         obtain a negative electrode sheet, heating the negative         electrode sheet to 125° C. in vacuum, and placing it in water to         perform an ultrasonic treatment for 45 min and separating a         resulting product to obtain a graphite negative electrode         material and a current collector. The current collector is         directly recycled;     -   (2) Immersing the graphite negative electrode material with 0.2         mol/L hydrochloric acid for 18 h, filtering to obtain a filter         residue and washing it with pure water 3 times, draining the         water, placing the filter residue in a tube furnace and         introducing nitrogen to perform a reaction at a temperature of         750° C. with a heating rate of 4° C./min, holding the         temperature for 4 h to obtain a repaired graphite material;     -   (3) Preparing a solution A with sulfuric acid and phosphoric         acid in a ratio of 1:2, mixing the repaired graphite material,         potassium permanganate and the solution A in a mass-volume ratio         of 1:0.3:40, and heating to 80° C. to perform a reaction for 2 h         to obtain a suspension     -   (4) Adding H₂O₂ (suspension: H₂O₂ in a volume ratio=1:2) to the         suspension, performing a hydrothermal reaction at 125° C. for 7         h, then centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, washing the         precipitate with 0.15 mol/L hydrochloric acid 3 times, then         washing with ultrapure water 3 times, drying at 70° C. before         heating to 110° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere and holding the         temperature for 1.5 h to obtain a graphene;     -   (5) Microwave heating the graphene to 110° C. in an ammonia         atmosphere for 30 min to obtain a nitrogen-doped graphene;     -   (6) Mixing the nitrogen-doped graphene, silicon nanoparticles,         citric acid monohydrate and anhydrous ethanol in a mass to         volume ratio of 1:0.05:2:30, stirring for 30 minutes to obtain a         mixture, and transferring the mixture to a hydrothermal reactor         to perform a solvothermal reaction at 155° C. for 8 hours,         washing a resulting product 3 times with anhydrous ethanol to         obtain the silicon-doped graphene composite material.

Example 3

The method for preparing the silicon-doped graphene composite material of this embodiment comprises the following specific steps:

-   -   (1) Discharging and disassembling a waste lithium battery to         obtain a negative electrode sheet, heating the negative         electrode sheet to 150° C. in vacuum, and placing it in water to         perform an ultrasonic treatment for 60 min and separating a         resulting product to obtain a graphite negative electrode         material and a current collector. The current collector is         directly recycled;     -   (2) Immersing the graphite negative electrode material with 0.3         mol/L hydrochloric acid for 24 h, filtering to obtain a filter         residue and washing it with pure water 3 times, draining the         water, placing the filter residue in a tube furnace and         introducing neon to perform a reaction at a temperature of         800° C. with a heating rate of 6° C./min, holding the         temperature for 5 h to obtain a repaired graphite material;     -   (3) Preparing a solution A with sulfuric acid and phosphoric         acid in a ratio of 1:3, mixing the repaired graphite material,         potassium permanganate and the solution A in a mass-volume ratio         of 1:0.5:60, and heating to 90° C. to perform a reaction for 4 h         to obtain a suspension     -   (4) Adding H₂O₂ (suspension: H₂O₂ in a volume ratio=1:3) to the         suspension, performing a hydrothermal reaction at 130° C. for 8         h, then centrifuging to obtain a precipitate, washing the         precipitate with 0.2 mol/L hydrochloric acid 3 times, then         washing with ultrapure water 3 times, drying at 80° C. before         heating to 120° C. in a neon atmosphere and holding the         temperature for 2 h to obtain a graphene;     -   (5) Microwave heating the graphene to 120° C. in an ammonia         atmosphere for 40 min to obtain a nitrogen-doped graphene;     -   (6) Mixing the nitrogen-doped graphene, silicon nanoparticles,         citric acid monohydrate and anhydrous ethanol in a mass to         volume ratio of 1:0.1:3:40, stirring for 40 minutes to obtain a         mixture, and transferring the mixture to a hydrothermal reactor         to perform a solvothermal reaction at 160° C. for 10 hours,         washing a resulting product 3 times with anhydrous ethanol to         obtain the silicon-doped graphene composite material.

Comparative Example 1

A method for preparing a nitrogen-containing graphene coated biomass carbon anode material comprising the following steps:

Dehydrating a plant raw material at low temperature and then carbonizing at high temperature to obtain a primary biomass carbon powder material; removing impurities to obtain a final biomass carbon powder material; mixing the biomass carbon powder material and a nitrogen-containing graphene precursor polymer solution in a certain mass ratio uniformly, and heating to obtain a curing micro cross-linked slurry, performing a spray-drying process to the slurry to remove solvent, and then subjecting a resulting power to particle shaping by means such as jet milling, followed by calcinating at high temperature to prepare a nitrogen-containing graphene-coated biomass carbon anode material.

Comparative Example 2

In Comparative Example 2, a carbon material is coated on the surface of graphene and silicon materials. The preparation process is the same as that of Example 1 in the patent application text with the publication number CN 106876689 A. The specific process flow is as follows:

-   -   1) Preparing of a nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon composite         material, a silane coupling agent solution and an organolithium         compound composite liquid:     -   A) The preparation method of the nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon         composite material comprises the following steps:         subsequentially adding 3 ml hydrogen peroxide with a mass         fraction of 30% and 0.1 g pyrrole in 100 ml graphene oxide         dispersion with a concentration of 10 mg/ml and dispersing         uniformly by a ultrasonic treatment, then adding 0.33 g of a         silicon nanomaterial and dispersing uniformly to obtain a         mixture, then transferring the mixture to a autoclave, heating         up to 180° C., and holding the temperature for 6 h, then         naturally cooling to room temperature, filtering to obtain a         residue, then drying the residue at 50° C. for 48 h before         transferring to a tube furnace; heating the residue to 850° C.         for 6 h in an argon atmosphere for carbonization to obtain a         nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon composite material;     -   B) Adding 20 g of γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane to 500 ml of         N-methylpyrrolidone, and dispersing uniformly to obtain a silane         coupling agent solution;     -   C) Adding and dissolving 3 g of polyvinylidene fluoride to 500         ml of N-methylpyrrolidone, and then adding 10 g of         n-butyllithium to dispersing uniformly at high speed to obtain         an organic lithium compound composite liquid;     -   2) Adding 135 g of the nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon composite         material obtained by the method of step 1) A) to the 500 ml of         the silane coupling agent solution obtained in step 1) B) and         soaking for 3 h, then filtering and drying at 250° C. for 1 h to         obtain a nitrogen doped graphene-silicon/silane coupling agent         composite material;     -   3) Adding 80 g of the nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon/silane         coupling agent composite material to 500 ml of the organolithium         compound composite liquid obtained in step 1) C), stirring         uniformly, and then evaporating solvent to obtain the product.

A lithium ion battery of this comparative example uses the above nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon composite anode material as a battery anode material, and the preparation method comprises the following steps:

-   -   1) Mixing 90 g of the above nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon         composite negative electrode material, 5 g of a conductive agent         SP, 5 g of LA132 binder, and 220 ml of double distilled water,         stirring evenly to obtain negative electrode slurry;     -   2) Coating the negative electrode slurry obtained in step 1) on         a copper foil, drying and rolling to obtain a negative electrode         sheet;     -   3) Assembling a lithium ion battery in a glove box filled with         argon with the negative electrode sheet obtained in step 2), an         electrolyte of LiPF6/EC+DEC (EC, DEC volume ratio 1:1), a         counter electrode of lithium sheet, and a separator of         polyethylene (PE) membrane.

Performance Testing:

The silicon-doped graphene composite material prepared in the foregoing Examples 1-3 and the nitrogen-containing graphene coated biomass carbon anode material prepared in Comparative Example 1 and the nitrogen-doped graphene-silicon composite anode material prepared in Comparative Example 2 were respectively used as an anode material while a lithium sheet was adopted as a cathode to assemble button cells. And their first discharge tests were carried out at a rate of 1 C. The results are shown in Table 1 and Table 2. It can be seen from Table 1 that at a rate of 1 C, the first discharge specific capacity of the silicon-doped graphene composite material prepared by the present disclosure is higher than that of the nitrogen-containing graphene-coated biomass carbon anode material of the comparative example. The first discharge specific capacity of the material obtained in Example 2 is 862.3 mAh/g, while the first discharge specific capacity of the one obtained in Comparative Example 1 is only 543.1 mAh/g, and the first discharge specific capacity of the material obtained in Comparative Example 2 is only 698.3 mAh/g. Therefore, the silicon-doped graphene composite material of the present disclosure has a property of high-capacity. According to Table 2, at 1 C rate, the cycle life of the silicon-doped graphene composite material prepared by the present disclosure is higher than that of the nitrogen-containing graphene-coated biomass carbon anode material of Comparative Example 1. After 500 cycles at 1 C rate, the capacity retention rate of the material in Example 2 is 95.9%, while the capacity retention rate of the one in Comparative Example 1 is only 72.8%.

TABLE 1 Performance of the button batteries Exam- Exam- Exam- Comparative Comparative Item ple 1 ple 2 ple 3 Example 1 Example 2 First discharge 811.9 862.3 812.1 543.1 698.3 capacity mAh/g First charge- 89.8 95.9 89.9 81.2 89.5 discharge rate %

TABLE 2 Cycle performance of the full batteries Com- Com- Exam- Exam- Exam- parative parative Item ple 1 ple 2 ple 3 Example 1 Example 2 Discharge capacity 98.89 99.5 99.23 88.5 99.12 retention rate after 100 cycles at 1C % Discharge capacity 95.62 99.03 96.56 83.21 94.56 retention rate after 300 cycles at 1C % Discharge capacity 91.11 96.21 92.4 72.8 89.5 retention rate after 500 cycles at 1C %

FIG. 1 is a TEM image of the silicon-doped graphene composite material of Example 1. From the Figure, it can be concluded that the composite material has a bulk morphology with a size of about 300 nm; FIG. 2 is a XRD pattern of the silicon-doped graphene composite material of Example 1, silicon is doped in graphene in the composite material prepared by the present disclosure. It can be seen from Table 2 that the cycle performance of the lithium ion battery (button cell) prepared by using the silicon-doped graphene composite material obtained in Examples 1-3 is significantly better than the one of comparative example at each stage. It can be seen from FIGS. 1-2 and Table 2 that the silicon-doped graphene composite material of the present disclosure has a layered structure similar to that of a graphite material, and more lithium intercalation sites are constructed through the silicon-doped sites, which facilitates an increasing capacity, and then improves the structural stability of the material, thereby further promotes the cycle performance of the material.

The silicon-doped graphene composite material and the method and application thereof provided by the present disclosure have been described in detail above. Specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and implementation of the present disclosure. The above description of examples is only for the purpose of helping understand methods and core concepts of the present disclosure, including best modes, and also enables any person skilled in the art to practice the present disclosure, including manufacture and use of any device or system, and implementation of any combined methods. It should be noted that several improvements and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art to the present disclosure without departing from the principles of the present disclosure, which improvements and modifications also fall within the protection scope claimed by the claims. The protection scope of the present disclosure is defined by the claims and may include other embodiments that can be thought of by those skilled in the art. If these other embodiments have structural elements that are not different from the literal expression of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements that are not substantially different from the literal expression of the claims, these other embodiments should also be included within the scope of the claims. 

1. A silicon-doped graphene composite material comprising silicon and graphene; wherein the silicon is doped in the graphene; and a preparation method of the silicon-doped graphene composite material comprises the following steps: (1) heating the graphene in an ammonia atmosphere under microwave to obtain a nitrogen-doped graphene; and (2) adding the nitrogen-doped graphene, a silicon nanoparticle, and an organic acid to a solvent to perform a solvothermal reaction, and washing a resulting product to obtain the silicon-doped graphene composite material.
 2. The silicon-doped graphene composite material according to claim 1, wherein silicon and carbon in the silicon-doped graphene composite material have a molar ratio of 1:(10-120).
 3. The silicon-doped graphene composite material according to claim 1, wherein in step (1), the heating is carried out at a temperature of 100° C.-120° C. for 20-40 min under microwave; wherein in step (2), the solvothermal reaction is carried out at a temperature of 150° C.-160° C. for 6-10 h.
 4. The silicon-doped graphene composite material according to claim 1, wherein in step (2), the organic acid is citric acid monohydrate; wherein in step (2), a mass ratio of the nitrogen-doped graphene, the silicon nanoparticle, and the organic acid is 1:(0.01-0.1):(1-3).
 5. The silicon-doped graphene composite material according to claim 1, wherein the graphene is prepared by the following method: 1) discharging and disassembling a waste lithium battery to obtain a negative electrode, heating the negative electrode, and then placing the negative electrode in water for an ultrasonic treatment to obtain a graphite negative electrode material and a current collector; 2) immersing the graphite negative electrode material in an acid solution, filtering to obtain a filter residue, subjecting the filter residue to washing, drying, and calcinating to obtain a repaired graphite material; 3) mixing the repaired graphite material, potassium permanganate and a mixed acid solution to obtain a mixture, and heating the mixture to perform a reaction to obtain a suspension; 4) adding hydrogen peroxide to the suspension to perform a hydrothermal reaction, centrifuging to obtain a residue, subjecting the residue to washing, drying and heating to obtain the graphene.
 6. The silicon-doped graphene composite material according to claim 5, wherein in step 2), the acid solution is at least one selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acid; in step 2), the calcinating is carried out at a temperature of 700° C.-800° C. for 3-5 h in an inert gas atmosphere; in step 4), the heating is carried out at a temperature of 100° C.-120° C. for 1-3 h in an inert gas atmosphere; and the gas in the inert gas atmosphere is one selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, helium, neon, and argon.
 7. The silicon-doped graphene composite material according to claim 5, wherein in step 3), the mixed acid solution is prepared by mixing sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid in a volume ratio of 1:(1-3); wherein in step 3), a mass-volume ratio of the repaired graphite material, the potassium permanganate, and the acid solution is 1:(0.3-0.5):(40-60).
 8. A negative electrode material comprising the silicon-doped graphene composite material of claim
 1. 9. A battery comprising the silicon-doped graphene composite material of claim
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